Ryan Nussbaum, DO

  • Assistant Professor
  • Director, Sports Medicine Fellowship

Dr. Nussbaum serves as the Program Director for the Sports Medicine Fellowship and is passionate about teaching the Fellows and PM&R Residents. He focuses on teaching trainees about musculoskeletal management, applications of musculoskeletal ultrasound, sideline coverage, and Exercise is Medicine. From a research perspective, he is interested in musculoskeletal ultrasound medical education, injury surveillance/prevention for athletes with disabilities, equity for athletes with disabilities, and overhead athletes. He is a Team Physician for Penn Hills High School.

Clinical Interests: Sports-related and musculoskeletal injuries of all ages, athletes with disabilities, overhead athletes, exercise is medicine, diagnostic ultrasound, advanced interventional ultrasound procedures, orthobiologics, electrodiagnostic medicine and nerve injuries

Dr. Nussbaum's publications are indexed on PubMed.

Education & Training

  • BS, University of Arizona in Tucson, AZ
  • MD, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine in Erie, PA
  • Internship, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Residency, McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
  • Sports Medicine Fellowship, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, 2022